Sam Hynd

Sam Hynd

Personal information
Born	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Club	Swansea HPC / Swansea Performance
Coached by	Billy Pye
Medal record Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 2008 Beijing Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 2012 London 400 m freestyle S8 IPC World Championships - 25m 2009 Rio de Janeiro Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 2009 Rio de Janeiro 200 m I.M. (SM8) 2009 Rio de Janeiro 100 m I.M. (SM8) IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavík Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 2009 Reykjavik 200 m ind. medley – SM8 2011 Berlin Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 2009 Reykjavik 4x100m medley relay 34pts 2009 Reykjavík 4x100 m Medley Relay (34pts) 2011 Berlin Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 2011 Berlin 4x100 m Medley Relay (34pts)

Sam Hynd (born 3 July 1991) is a retired British para-swimmer. He competed in the Paralympics as a S8 classification swimmer, having club feet and mild form of muscular dystrophy.

Hynd achieved significant success in the 400m Freestyle, winning gold at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, the 2009 and 2011 IPC European Championships, and the 2009 IPC World Championships.Oliver Hynd, Sam's younger brother, finished in second place at the 2011 European event.

Sam retired from competitive swimming in February 2014, at the age of 22.

Recognition

Originally suggested by Charlotte Henshaw's father, Mansfield District ward councillor Paul Henshaw, to acknowledge the achievements of Ollie Hynd, the council voted in December 2014 to name the 25-metre laned pool at the town's Water Meadows complex as Hynds and Henshaw Competition Pool, to honour Sam, his brother Ollie and Charlotte Henshaw who all trained there.